Today is a selfish day, so here I will begin.
I took a selfish "sick" day off work. I will selfishly barely clean the house. I will selfishly read until my eyes are blurry. I will selfishly read books that I like (not just things that look acceptable on GoodReads) I will selfishly sit on the back patio most of the day breathing in the beauty of the towering southern pines, the shimmering lake ( I will selfishly refuse to call it a retention pond), the dancing dragonflies, overly-caffeinated hummingbirds, judgmental cardinals, diving ospreys, jumping fish (when they're not being carried off by the ospreys), but most especially the endearing anoles. I don't know if they're brown anoles or green anoles. (It seems kind of racist to judge.) They have been very kind about keeping the bugs at bay. Though I did have to have a talk with them last week about their lax in treating the worm situation on my husbands cucumber plants. And I think the anoles have avoided eating the spiders since they're kind of on the same team (ready to tackle any bug that gets in my way). I sure hope they invest some time in lapping up my nemesis, the great ant. Even as I type an anole stands guard next to the water pitcher showing off his pectorals with his cute lizard push ups. If that doesn't impress the ladies the raunchy display of his bright red dewlap will certainly turn them on. I will selfishly digress into writing about anole mating rituals in my first blog. I will selfishly not eat today because I don't want to mess up the kitchen. I will selfishly drink a cup of coffee, a cup of hot tea, then another cup of coffee, then hot tea, hot tea, hot tea, hot tea. Because one can never be too hot. I will selfishly pound out four more chapters of Book #3 which will probably never get published because I'm too chicken and too cheap and too selfish to get it edited by anyone besides my mom and close friends. I will selfishly end this blog without a decent close because I will probably be the only one that reads it. Because today - I'm going to be selfish.
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